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Isaac Harding-Davis has posted a video of him almost halving the Mad Mex 1kg Burrito Challenge Australia record (from 2:20 to 1:13) previously held by Colin "The Conqueror" MacLaurin. He did the challenge two other times that session, but could not better his time.

May 4, 2014 at 4:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Burrito Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Reddit.com has a thread on Guinness' requirement that giant food items submitted for records be fully edible and distributed to the public.

May 2, 2014 at 9:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments

Dave "US Male" Goldstein produced a video of him eating hard to eat food with Allen "Shredder" Goldstein titled Competitive Eating Cousins (2 stooges) vs Food

April 30, 2014 at 6:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Allen "Shredder" Goldstein, Dave Goldstein, Videos | Permalink * Comments (279)

fire-eaters.us is a spicy eating challenges blog run by a married couple. In the latest entry Deirdre "The Girl on Fire" Kamber Todd and "Rapid Fire Russ" Todd both eat 25 spicy wings to defeat the "Fire in the Hole" challenge at Pluckers' Wing Bar in Grapevine, TX.

April 30, 2014 at 4:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Spicy Eating Challenges, Websites | Permalink * Comments

Pat Bertoletti did a segment on CBS Chicago this morning about Taco in a Bag, the West Gurnee, IL restaurant he co-owns with Tim Brown.

April 28, 2014 at 11:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Crazy Legs Conti makes a cameo (at second 39) in the Bare Handed Bear Handlers entry for the jingle contest run by Dat Dog in New Orleans.

April 28, 2014 at 7:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Music, New Orleans, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Naader Reda has produced a video of a 10 pound pizza challenge he did with Von at Roma Pizzerian in Arcadia, CA.

April 27, 2014 at 11:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Pizza Eating Challenges, Team Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Crazy Legs Conti wins 2014 Sweet Corn Fiesta

April 27, 2014 at 9:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Contest Results, Crazy Legs Conti, Judging, Miki Sudo, Palm Beach

update May 5 Michelle Lesco confirms she got 5th place w//3
Miki Sudo has a contest report
Crazy Legs Conti says Sudo & Shoudt got the original 2nd place money despite the tie and Erik Denmark got the 3rd place money despite finishing 4h

update April 30 In Crazy Legs Conti’s Huffington Post contest report claims Bob had a “Mt. Everest” of uneaten kernels which did not result in a deduction and compares himself to a sports dynasty after winning the contest for the 4th time in the past 7 years.

Merly at Mr. Food has a blog entry, a video of the end of the pro contest end and a video of the amateur contest

update 8:50 The Palm Beach Post has an article which does not mention the controversy or near-fight
update April 30 Cra

update 6:55 Bob Shoudt has posted the post-contest ears of two unnamed competitors: Eater 1 | Eater 2

update 4:20 George Shea has the top 3

1) Crazy Legs Conti 43 ears 46 pre-deduction
2T) Miki Sudo 42 47 pre-deduction
2T) Bob Shoudt 42 44 pre-deduction reportedly almost came to blows w/Conti
4) Erik Denmark 40 (via twitter) 43 pre-deduction
5?) Michelle Lesco 32? (results 5-7 from Josh Miller)
6?) Josh Miller 31?
7T?) Adrian Morgan 30?
7T?) Badlands Booker 30?

update 3:50 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the winner with 43 ears in 12 minutes.

update 3:30 The contest has started

The festival facebook has the full field for the contest. The Sun-Sentinel has a preview

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Joey Chestnut and Carson "Collard Green" Hughes (RIP) appear in a book titled What the World Eats containing photographs of the daily food consumption of 80 people from around the world.

April 27, 2014 at 9:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Galleries, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments

Dish Nation has a video of Molly Schuyler eating 12 pounds of pudding in 3 minutes to set a Guinness record for eating pudding. (via email) update April 27 Jezebel Metro and MyDaily have blog posts

April 25, 2014 at 11:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Records, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

ESPN 1100 has an interview with Rich Shea about tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Las Vegas. Pablo Martinez and Mary Bowers are the favorites; the only other competitors mentioned are locals John DeHaas & Mandy (Manny?) Griffin. Rich Shea says he expects Miki Sudo (who will not be at the qualifier) to easily defeat Sonya Thomas in the Nathan's finals if they compete.  Several Nathan's prediction polls have been added to the sidebar. (via Steve Cofield)

April 25, 2014 at 5:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Las Vegas, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (2)

Bear's Smokehouse will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's First Look hosted by Audrina Patridge.  

April 25, 2014 at 12:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, Hartford, Jamie McDonald, Television | Permalink * Comments

A restaurant called "Man vs. Food" will open in London tomorrow. Customers will receive a free first round of drinks.  

April 24, 2014 at 10:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, London, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The New York Times has an article about "Famous Nathan", a documentary about Nathan Handwerker, founder of Nathan's Famous that will show this weekend at the TriBeCa Film Festival mentioning the founding of the hot dog eating contest in the early 1970s. (DNA Info article)

April 24, 2014 at 1:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Nathan's History, New York City | Permalink * Comments

UK GQ has a blog entry about the British satirical scifi comic, 2000 AD. One of the stories described, "Requiem for a Heavyweight", is set at an eating contest (page 1 | page 2)    

April 23, 2014 at 1:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Humor | Permalink * Comments

Sup Dogs announces that porn star Carter Cruise will be the celebrity judge for its hot dog eating contest in Greenville, NC on Saturday. The winner will receive $200.  

April 23, 2014 at 12:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Eastern NC, Judging, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Cast members of the new movie Neighbors will judge an eating contest at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln today.

April 22, 2014 at 11:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Movies, Omaha | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Star and Daily Mail have articles about Miki Sudo's Cadbury Creme Egg video. update April 22 The photographer for one of the pictures in the article has a blog entry about the photo shoot.

April 21, 2014 at 12:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Videos | Permalink * Comments (10)

Tailgate fan has a list of competitive eating records for foods associated with Easter.  

April 20, 2014 at 12:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie's new video where he eats 100 Peeps in 2 minutes has received coverage in TIME | Huffington Post | Metro UK | Laughing Squid & Jebezel The mark bested "Furious" Pete's mark of 60 in that time period.    

April 20, 2014 at 10:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez passed away yesterday at the age of 87. His novel 100 Years of Solitude, has an eating contest won by a woman nicknamed "The Elephant". (via The Daily Meal)

April 18, 2014 at 5:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books | Permalink * Comments (2)

(semi off-topic) The New York Times has an article on General Mills' desire to void the right to take legal action against the cereal manufacturer for people who download coupons, like the company's Facebook page or participate in its contests. (via @binarybits)

April 17, 2014 at 1:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts | Permalink * Comments

A mp3 of Miki Sudo's interview on the Testicular Difficulties radio show yesterday is available. Tampa.CBSLocal.com also has audio of the appearance of Miki Sudo and Joey Chestnut before the ice cream eating contest.

April 17, 2014 at 12:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (16)

The Brooklyn Cyclones will hold a cereal eating contest as part of its Seinfeld night on July 5 (the 25th anniversary of the debut of the pilot in 1989). In other Seinfeld competitive eating news, Keith Hernandez commented on a woman eating the $25 D-Bat dog at last night's Mets-Diamondbacks game in Phoenix.

April 16, 2014 at 11:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, New York City, Television | Permalink * Comments

In an episode of Hulu's new supernatural stoner comedy web series Deadbeat, the ghost of deceased competitive eater Hiro Tamagachi (based on Takeru Kobayashi) wants to have the rabbi who received his stomach organ face off against his arch rival Johnny Praline in Oinky's hot dog eating contest near Times Square. (previous instances of a Mr. Praline in a comedy series)

April 15, 2014 at 6:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

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